AK-74u

The AK-74u is a Kalashnikov assault rifle developed in 1974 by the Soviet Union. Mikhail Kalashnikov designed the AK-74u to replace the AK-47 for frontline service by the Soviet Army, seeing action for the first time in the Soviet-Afghan War. The AK-74u saw service not only in the USSR, but also in Warsaw Pact-aligned nations, former Soviet republics, or Middle Eastern countries friendly to the USSR, with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein stockpiling Soviet arms for use in the Iran-Iraq War and Gulf War and later taken up by Iraqi insurgents during the Iraq War.